NZ 65-0 at Stumps After Petersen, Duminy Centuries for Safs
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14 Monday 26th March, 2012 Western and NZ 65-0 at stumps Central qualify for Women’s T-20 final after Petersen, Central Province, in a thrilling match recorded a two wicket win over North Central Province to qualify for the final of the women’s Inter- Duminy centuries Provincial T-20 Tournament. The match was played at Havelock Road, on Sunday. After North Central made 80 runs, Central Province reached the for Safs target with two balls to spare. Brief Scores: BY STEVE MCMORRAN North Central Province 80 for 9 wkts in 20 overs (Chamari Atapattu 20, WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Alviro Maduri Samuddika 23; Sripali Petersen batted more than eight hours over three weather- Weerakkody 2/16, Priyangika Kumari affected days to reach his highest test score of 156, tighten- ing South Africa’s grip on the third test against New 2/15) Zealand by stumps on its third day. Central Province 81 for 8 wkts in Petersen’s 493-minute knock, which incorporated part- 19.4 overs (Chamari Polgampola 21, nerships of 93 with Hashim Amla (63) and 200 with J.P. Dilani Manodara 20; Hansima Duminy (103), allowed South Africa to declare after tea Karunarathne 2/17) Sunday at 474-9 after a first innings drawn out by rain and …….. bad light. Western Province overcome At the declaration, South Africa’s position seemed invulnerable in a three-match series it leads 1-0. Combined Provinces But Mark Gillespie led a late Kiwi fightback, taking a Western Province continued their career-best 6-113 while Daniel Flynn (35) and Martin unbeaten run as they qualified for the Guptill (28) saw New Zealand to 65 without loss by stumps. final of the Women’s Inter-Provincial The 32-year-old Gillespie followed up his 5-59 in the sec- T-20 Tournament, when they beat ond test at Hamilton with his third haul of five wickets or Combined Provinces by five wickets in more in a test, further endorsing the selectors’ decision to the semi-final played at Havelock recall him after a four year absence. Flynn, who was recalled for this test after last playing Road, on Sunday. for New Zealand in December, 2009, also rewarded that J. P. Duminy (L) and Alviro Petersen scored cen- Combined Provinces, put into bat, decision when, with Guptill, he defied South Africa’s pow- turies for South Africa. lost wickets at regular intervals and erful pace attack for 107 minutes before stumps. managed just 72 with Sherian South Africa remains in a position from which it is Ravikumar and Shashikala highly unlikely to lose the match and therefore to take out SCOREBOARD Siriwardana sharing five wickets the series 1-0 after winning the second test by nine wick- between. Western Province reached ets. For that, they owe a great deal to Petersen who South Africa, 1st Innings 106-1 (1w), Mark Gillespie 33.4-7-113-6 (2w,3nb), Daniel the target with 14 balls to spare. anchored their innings over the best part of three days in (Overnight: 246 for two) Vettori 42-11-98-0, Dean Brownlie 2-0-20-0, Kane Brief Scores: a major feat of concentration. Williamson 13-1-35-0 He batted through the 42 overs bowled between a rain- Graeme Smith c van Wyk b Bracewell 5 New Zealand, 1st Innings Combined Provinces 72 for 9 wkts delayed start and a finish hastened by bad light on the first Alviro Petersen lbw b Martin 156 Daniel Flynn not out 35 in 20 overs (Sanduni Abeywickrema day.He batted on through all of the 37 overs allowed by Hashim Amla c van Wyk b Gillespie 63 Martin Guptill not out 28 20, Niluka Karunaratne 14; Sherina rain and bad light on the second day. J.P. Duminy c Taylor b Gillespie 103 Extras: (1lb, 1nb) 2 Ravikumar 3/22, Shashikala And he batted through all of the first session on A.B. de Villiers b Martin 38 TOTAL: (Without loss) 65 Siriwardana 2/05) Sunday, completing his third test century and surpassing Jacques Rudolph c van Wyk b Gillespie 11 Overs: 25 his previous-highest test score of 109 before falling four Western Province 73 for 5 wkts in balls after lunch. In total, his innings last 8 hours, 13 min- Mark Boucher c Williamson b Gillespie 46 Still to bat: Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane 17.4 overs (Inoka Galagedara 25, utes; he faced 335 balls — the equivalent of more than 56 Dale Steyn c Guptill b Gillespie 0 Williamson, Dean Brownlie, Kruger van Wyk, Daniel Shashikala Siriwardana 18; Nilika overs — and he hit 19 fours and a six. Vernon Philander c Flynn b Gillespie 29 Vettori, Doug Bracewell, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin Karunaratne 2/12) (RS) “It is satisfying,” Petersen said. “As a batsman you Morne Morkel not out 10 Bowling: Dale Steyn 7-3-11-0, Vernon Philander 6-0-30- always like to get some more but I’m pretty happy with Extras (6b, 1lb, 3w, 3nb) 13 0 (1nb), Morne Morkel 6-3-6-0, Marchant de Lange 4-0- 150. TOTAL (For nine wickets decl.) 474 14-0, J.P. Duminy 2-0-3-0 “I was a bit under pressure coming into this game not Overs: 148.4 Toss: Won by New Zealand Relieved after 100th having scored runs in the series so I’m satisfied with the Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-106, 3-306, 4-362, 5-381, 6-387, Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Richard way it’s gone.” 7-404, 8-459, 9-474 Kettleborough, England ton,Tendulkar Petersen said all three of his test centuries have been Did not bat: Marchant de Lange TV Umpire: Billy Doctrove, West Indies special: his first at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and his sec- Bowling: Chris Martin 28-5-95-2, Doug Bracewell 30-3- Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka. will go on ond at Newlands in Cape Town. MUMBAI, India (AP) — India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday dismissed speculation of an imminent retirement while conceding that the Judah stops Paris pressure of chasing an unprecedented Ronaldo fastest to 100 league 100th international century had in 9th round unnerved him. “No one can tell me when to retire NEW YORK (AP) — Zab Judah stopped Vernon goals in Spain because those advising me about Paris at 2:27 of the ninth round on Saturday in an retirement did not bring me into the team,” Tendulkar said at a function to IBF Junior Welterweight elimination fight. BY JOSEPH WILSON Messi’s rebound off the post in the record for the fastest player to reach commemorate his century of cen- Judah dominated the fight with a methodical BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — 79th to seal the victory. 100 goals after doing so in 105 matches turies. “I will decide when to retire.” punching style. He finally finished off Paris (26-1) by Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest “It was an important win in the 1960s. Ronaldo needed 92 games player to reach 100 goals in the that will permit us to pre- to score 101. There had been speculation that getting him into a corner and unleashing about 15 Spanish league by scoring a brace to pare well for our Ronaldo and Messi are tied with 35 Tendulkar would announce his retire- unanswered punches. help leader Real Madrid rebound from Champions League goals each this season in the Spanish ment, at least from one-dayers, after “My team put in a great game plan for me,” consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of game against AC league. With nine games to go, the duo reaching the milestone, particularly as Judah said. “I just executed.” Real Sociedad on Saturday. Milan,” said coach are closing in on Ronaldo’s he had been limiting his participation When the fight was stopped, Judah was winning Gonzalo Higuain scored before Pep Guardiola, league record of 40 goals in the 50-over format for two years. on the judges’ scorecards by scores of 80-72 and 79-73. both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit whose from last season. Tendulkar, who was stuck on 99 After finishing Paris off, Judah ran to each cor- doubles as Madrid showed no signs of Barcelona vis- Madrid faced the centuries since last year’s World Cup, missing the guiding hand of suspend- its Italy on game at Santiago scored 114 in the Asia Cup against ner and climbed the ropes in triumph to face his Wednesday.“I Bernabeu Stadium ed coach Jose Mourinho. Bangladesh for his 49th ODI century adoring Brooklyn fans. am satisfied. without Mourinho, Madrid stayed six points clear at earlier this month, adding to his 51 in “I feel like I was fighting for my home turf the top of table following 10-man At the end, our defender Pepe, mid- tests. again,” Judah said. “My thing was to not go in there Barcelona’s 2-0 victory at Mallorca will, effort and fielders Mesut Oezil, “It was a tough phase (going for and get wild. I wanted to dictate the pace. He was where Lionel Messi netted his 55th not looking for all serving suspen- more than a year without a century) looking to slip and throw some overhand wild shots goal of the season in all competi- excuses allowed us sions for losing their to pull out the win.” nerves in the ill-tem- and there were times when I did not to just try and catch me and that wasn’t going to tions. Messi, who broke Madrid great Ferenc pered ending to the 1-1 bat up to my expectations.